Nashville-Davidson, TN 37227 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nashville-Davidson, TN, ZIP 37227
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 213 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nashville-Davidson in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Nashville-Davidson has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nashville-Davidson compares
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Nashville-Davidson places 14,416 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TN, it ranks 259 of 770.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Nashville-Davidson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Nashville-Davidson's dates instead of trusting one.